The computers, along with the online resources needed to run them, will cost the district $837,000. The Chromebooks cost $300 each.

“This is obviously a significant investment,” said Superintendent Marvin Wade.

There are plans to phase in even more computers in the next few years to be used in the classrooms. Wade said over the the next three years students in all grade levels in the district would have access to some sort of device.

Pecinovsky said these computers and other strategies will help bring the students into 21st century learning.

“This allows us to be engaged in that global community,” Pecinovsky said.

The school board approved the purchase of $429,827 for a wireless network to be in place in the district to handle these new devices and other technology needs.

A bulk of this upgrade is being paid for by money received by Microsoft as a result of a settlement in a lawsuit filed by the state against the software company.